This week we discussed Love and Sex in Manga and Anime. Since I was one of the students presenting, I compared two different mangas on how they both portrayed similar issues but the outcome was completely different. Going back to our second reading, Ayako, I compared that to Mars by Fuyumi Soryo. Both take on issues involving rape, abuse, and the idea of love. While Ayako's approach to these topics was raw, uncensored, and despondent ending, Mars was more "flowery" and had a happy ending. It was just very interesting to see how such similar conflicts can be portrayed and resolved.
With this week's focus on the Diversity of Gender and Sexuality in Manga and Anime, We were asked to pick one from a list of two readings – I chose Nagata Kabi's My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness . My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an autobiographical manga, that uses more of an illustrated diary format, where Nagata details her struggle with her identity – sexual and personal – as well as her fight with depression and an eating disorder. Nagata begins the novel with a small prologue that illustrates her encounter with an older lesbian prostitute. She then goes on to rewind to the last ten years of her life, highlighting the events that led up to the encounter at the "love hotel."
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